Book Description
Presents the history of World War II as told by radio announcer Edward E. Murrow and his fellow correspondents, with over fifty audio broadcasts narrated by Dan Rather.
Author : Mark Bernstein
Publisher : Sourcebooks MediaFusion
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 34,63 MB
Release : 2005-01-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9781402202476
Presents the history of World War II as told by radio announcer Edward E. Murrow and his fellow correspondents, with over fifty audio broadcasts narrated by Dan Rather.
Author : Ralph F. Wetterhahn
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 31,25 MB
Release : 2019-11-29
Category : History
ISBN : 147666997X
During the first 10 months of the war in the Pacific, Japan achieved air supremacy with its carrier and land-based forces. But after major setbacks at Midway and Guadalcanal, the empire's expansion stalled, in part due to flaws in aircraft design, strategy and command. This book offers a fresh analysis of the air war in the Pacific during the early phases of World War II. Details are included from two expeditions conducted by the author that reveal the location of an American pilot missing in the Philippines since 1942 and clear up a controversial account involving famed Japanese ace Saburo Sakai and U.S. Navy pilot James "Pug" Southerland.
Author : Ian Carter
Publisher : Imperial War Museums
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 33,5 MB
Release : 2019
Category : World War, 1939-1945
ISBN : 9781912423033
Allied victory in the Second World War owed much to air power. The success of military and naval operations invariably hinged on control of the skies, and the rise to dominance of the Allied air forces meant that the Nazi war machine was effectively doomed. Following the success of 'The Second World War in Colour', this book presents a further selection of original colour photographs from the IWM collection, focusing on Allied aircraft and airmen. Alongside these striking images, 'War in the Air' examines how crucial aviation was to winning the war, from the defence of Britain's skies and maritime trade, to battlefield support in North Africa and Europe and the strategic bombing offensive over Germany. Shot from the ground and from the air, these powerful images bring a vital aspect of the Second World War to life.
Author : Phillips Payson O'Brien
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 655 pages
File Size : 47,88 MB
Release : 2015-02-12
Category : History
ISBN : 1107014751
An important new history of air and sea power in World War II and its decisive role in Allied victory.
Author : Carlo Demand
Publisher : Courier Corporation
Page : 50 pages
File Size : 34,50 MB
Release : 1981
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9780486241074
Forty-six accurate, authentic renderings of fighters, bombers, transports, etc. Includes "Enola Gay," Japanese Zero, British Spitfire, German Komet jet fighter, many others. Captions include detailed coloring information, military role and affiliation of plane, manufacturer, other data. All illustrations copyright-free. 13 planes in color on covers. Publisher's Note.
Author : Victor Davis Hanson
Publisher : Basic Books
Page : 775 pages
File Size : 50,50 MB
Release : 2017-10-17
Category : History
ISBN : 0465093191
A "breathtakingly magisterial" account of World War II by America's preeminent military historian (Wall Street Journal) World War II was the most lethal conflict in human history. Never before had a war been fought on so many diverse landscapes and in so many different ways, from rocket attacks in London to jungle fighting in Burma to armor strikes in Libya. The Second World Wars examines how combat unfolded in the air, at sea, and on land to show how distinct conflicts among disparate combatants coalesced into one interconnected global war. Drawing on 3,000 years of military history, bestselling author Victor Davis Hanson argues that despite its novel industrial barbarity, neither the war's origins nor its geography were unusual. Nor was its ultimate outcome surprising. The Axis powers were well prepared to win limited border conflicts, but once they blundered into global war, they had no hope of victory. An authoritative new history of astonishing breadth, The Second World Wars offers a stunning reinterpretation of history's deadliest conflict.
Author : S. Mike Pavelec
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 249 pages
File Size : 11,1 MB
Release : 2007-02-28
Category : History
ISBN : 1573567191
In the 1930s, as nations braced for war, the German military build up caught Britain and the United States off-guard, particularly in aviation technology. The unending quest for speed resulted in the need for radical alternatives to piston engines. In Germany, Dr. Hans von Ohain was the first to complete a flight-worthy turbojet engine for aircraft. It was installed in a Heinkel-designed aircraft, and the Germans began the jet age on August 27, 1939. The Germans led the jet race throughout the war and were the first to produce jet aircraft for combat operations. In England, the doggedly determined Frank Whittle also developed a turbojet engine, but without the support enjoyed by his German counterpart. The British came second in the jet race when Whittle's engine powered the Gloster Pioneer on May 15, 1941. The Whittle-Gloster relationship continued and produced the only Allied combat jet aircraft during the war, the Meteor, which was relegated to Home Defense in Britain. In America, General Electric copied the Whittle designs, and Bell Aircraft contracted to build the first American jet plane. On October 1, 1942, a lackluster performance from the Bell Airacomet, ushered in the American jet age. The Yanks forged ahead, and had numerous engine and airframe programs in development by the end of the war. But, the Germans did it right and did it first, while the Allies lagged throughout the war, only rising to technological prominence on the ashes of the German defeat. Pavelec's analysis of the jet race uncovers all the excitement in the high-stakes race to develop effective jet engines for warfare and transport.
Author : Frederick A. Johnsen
Publisher : McGraw-Hill Professional Publishing
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 48,73 MB
Release : 2000
Category : History
ISBN :
The B-17 pioneered the concepts of strategic bombardment. This work gives technical detail along with little-known facts and stories, as well as accounts of missions, production, avionics, development and the people behind the development of the B-17.
Author : Ronald H. Bailey
Publisher : Time Life Medical
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 29,8 MB
Release : 1998
Category : Germany
ISBN : 9780783557045
Discusses the history of the Allied air campaigns over Germany and the various types of planes used during the war.
Author : I. Carter
Publisher : Imperial War Museums
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 44,37 MB
Release : 2021-05-13
Category : History
ISBN : 9781912423361
Reproductions of one hundred rare, full-color images from the archives of the Imperial War Museums bring new life to World War II Britain Britain at War in Colour showcases one hundred of the best rare and original color images from the Imperial War Museums' unparalleled collection. Bringing together the most striking photographs from Ian Carter's bestselling War in the Air and The Second World War in Colour, alongside new and never-before-published images, this powerful visual collection shows us a new--or at least long-forgotten--World War II.